Board Game: Grandma Wants You To Eat Candy

Objective
Reinforce safe behaviors: boil water, wash hands with soap, use a latrine.

Time
20 minutes

What You Need

 * One printed board and one die per group of 2-6 students
 * If you print the board on multiple pages, cut them carefully and tape them.
 * One token per child (example: colored chip or stone different from the rest of his/her group)

Age Group and Number of Players
4-13 years old; For 2-6 players (best 3-4 players)

Activity
Explain:

squares.
 * The object of the game is to get to Grandma’s house, where she is waiting to give you a piece of her candy. She lives at the top of the hill. But remember, Grandma only lets you to eat candy if you have clean hands!
 * Each player places their piece at the bottom left square.
 * The youngest player goes first. Turns continue to the left.
 * Roll a die to move along the board towards the top of the hill.
 * If you land on a square showing a safe behavior such as washing hands with soap or using the bright orange water filter, you get to take a short cut and climb a tree up the hill. Trees lead uphill only.
 * If you land on a square showing an unsafe behavior such as pooping outdoors (instead of in a latrine), you slide back down a muddy hillside. Muddy slides lead downhill only.
 * The squares without the bottom of a tree or the top of a muddy slide are just regular

You must explain why you go up a tree or down a muddy slide.
 * The first player to get to or past the last square, the one with the star, gets to Grandma’s house first – and wins!

​If you forget to explain, you cannot climb a tree or you lose a turn after sliding down a muddy slide. Note: If possible, students should also be allowed to play this game during breaks or before or after school.

Option for older students: If the game goes too fast, flip 2 or 3 coins: move forward # of heads.

Discussion
Ask students about each tree and muddy slide:


 * What is happening?
 * <p style="margin-bottom:0in">Is the kid going closer or further away? 
 * <p style="margin-bottom:0in">Why? 


 * <p style="margin-bottom:0in">If going further away: What could the kid have done to avoid the muddy slide?